Numfar and the Bendy Straw

[fenchurche]

Last year, when we were still in the old house, I was getting something out of one of the storage cupboards in the laundry room when a bag of bendy straws fell out. It happened to be open and the straws scattered all over the floor, making that rather distinctive noise you get when plastic straws hit a solid, flat surface... and Numfar came

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[sp23]

LOL, I thought my TJ was the only fetch playing cat. I can't imagine those straws fly very far when you toss them. :-)

[fenchurche]

No, they don't... the sparkly balls are much better for it, but she's gotten pretty obsessed with the straws. She actually started playing fetch all on her own. When we first got her, I would play with her with one of her stick toys (a long strip of furry fabric attached to a stick) while sitting at my desk... and she would play and play and play until my arm felt like it was going to fall off. So one day, in frustration, I tossed the stick toy across the room, figuring that would take care of it, then got a bit of a shock when she brought it back, hopped on the back of my chair and dropped it on my head. For the longest time, the dropping on the head part was integral to the process, but I've at least managed to train her out of that. Fetch is probably her favorite game, though.

[sp23]

When I'm reading in bed, TJ will bring drop one of his toys on the bed beside me and then stare at me until I throw it out the door into the hall. LOL

[susandennis]

What a great idea!! I'm going to get my cat some bendy straws. I'll bet she'd love them. She's all out of the Christmas candy (with the oh so captivating twisty ends). Thanks!

[nutmeg3]

That's so cute! Cats playing fetch are the best anyway, because it's so unexpected.

[kita0610]

Ohhhh love.

[dm_lunsford]

I'm always amazed how cats can become so enamored with what is, basically, trash for toys.

[fenchurche]

I know! Right now we've got two boxes and a bag that get to sit around cluttering up our floors, simply because the cats love them so much. Zoë is very proprietary about the boxes, but Numfar is absolutely in love with this one bag. She'll sit in it, herself, but also seems to like it as a holding area for her toys... she'll bring them from all around the house just to stick in the bag.